"Ah, Walter!" replied Adeline, clinging to him, "now thou art returned, and I shall be well. Thou
wilt not leave me again a long, long time."

"Sweet one, no;" and flinging his arm round her
waist, the lovers -- for alas! they were not wedded! --
retired to the more private chambers of the castle.

CHAPTER II THE LIFE OF LOVE AND WAR -- THE MESSENGER OF
PEACE -- THE JOUST

Girt with his soldiery, secure in his feudal hold,
enchanted with the beauty of the earth, sky, and sea
around, and passionately adoring his Adeline, Montreal for awhile forgot all his more stirring projects
and his ruder occupations. His nature was capable
of great tenderness, as of great ferocity; and his heart
smote him when he looked at the fair cheek of his
lady, and saw that even his presence did not suffice
to bring back the smile and the fresh hues of old.
Often he cursed that fatal oath of his knightly order
which forbade him to wed, though with one more than
his equal; and remorse embittered his happiest hours.
That gentle lady in that robber hold, severed from

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